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soiileSj Kergm virginica, ^sclepias quadrifolia, (var.,) Achillea millefo- 

 lia, Lysimachia quadrifolia. 



By Geo. D. Phippen; Diervilla canadensis, Convallaria bif6Iia, 

 Mirchella repens, with flowers of the present year, and fruit of last, 

 and two very fine plants of Sarracenia purpurea under cultivation in 

 pots. 



The regular annual meeting of the Society occurring this day, the 

 choice of officers Sec, the reports of the year, the progress of the col- 

 lections Sec, filled the hour appropriated to the j)urpose. At half past 

 four the first lecture of a course on botany was delivered to a private 

 class, by John Lewis Russell, at which were present many strangers 

 and others who were casually introduced. This course was undertaken 

 at the repeated request of a few friends, who were desirous of j)roinot- 

 ing among themselves a more accurate knowledge of the natural his- 

 tory of the vegetable kingdom. The lectures are to be eight in number, 

 and delivered on two afternoons of each week, in the Society's Rooms. 



Ju?ie 27th. — In consequence of the a])proaching National Festival, 

 when the season would be too advanced, and as the exhibition of last 

 week was considered inadequate to the jierfect and full show of roses, 

 another floricultural display was held under the aus])ices of the Society 

 this day. The pvra?nidal and elegant flower-stand (designed and built 

 by a florist,) was laden with the exuberant productions of Flora's do- 

 mains. We subjoin in detail, a catalo<rue of plants and contrii)utors. 



Bouquets of Di^^itaiis purpurea and alba, e/2ntirrhinum niHJus, lilies 

 and varieties, Campanula medium of great perfection, roses, among 

 which was a semi-double variety, somewhat of the damask order, flow- 

 ering on very short peduncles, supposed to be a seedling, from Mrs. 

 Wm. Dean. Bouquets of Lysimachia vulgaris, Lonicera, Digitalis 

 purpurea and alba, several varieties of roses. Campanula, phloxes, 

 sweet Williams, Stc Sec, from Mrs. J. D. Treadwell. Similar collec- 

 tions of garden and border flowers in fine condition, from Mrs. R. Bi'ook- 

 house. 



A pretty arranged basket of many interesting native and garden flow- 

 ers, among which we noticed the delicate Gilia tricolor, and the curi- 

 ous Clarkmpulchella, intermingled with roses, Sec, from Miss E. Gard- 

 ner. Mesembryanthemum, varieties of roses, Calceolaria corymbose. 

 Petunia phoenicea, very fine clove pinks, and ver\^ good picotees, from 

 Wm. F. Gardner. Moss and other roses, Psebnia Whitle/j, Sec. Sec, 

 and the first dahlia of the season, a tolerable specimen of Picta formos- 

 issima {?), from Chas. H. Dodge. Clematis, tradescantia, pinks, gle- 

 ditchias, moss roses and other varieties, from John C. Lee. 



Bouquet of garden flowers with the following native plants, viz: Kal- 

 mia latifolia (from Manchester,) and K. angustifolia, its pretty co-spe- 

 cies, Cucubalas Beheu', Arethus«ophioglossoides, Cymbidium pulchella, 

 Lysiujachia verticillata, Spirae^a alba, Sec. Sec, from E. S. L. Richard- 

 son. Sambucus laciniata (a fine hardy shrub,) Rosa micrantha and car- 

 oliniana (under cultivation,) the latter having almost obliterated its spe- 

 cific characters, purple Noisette, Boursalt, damask, single and double 

 white, Sec, Amaryllis Johnson/, Caprifolium Frazer^, sempervirens, 

 Periclymenum, Phlox Listoniwna, Sec, from J. L. Russell. 



Phlox maculata, carnea, suaveolens, (Enothera Frazer/. -Delphinium 

 sinense, Spir£e\i filipendula, fl. ]>l., Canq)anula^ersica'f6lia fl. pi., do. do. 

 alba fl. pi., Lysimachia vulgaris, Clematis alpina, intcgrifolia, Pentste- 

 mon digitalis, Dracocephalum Ruyschitrnwui, ari^unense, Lythrum sali- 

 caria, Astrantia minor, G'ladiolus commiinis. Sec Pcconies — Whitle/j, 

 Hiimeu, Reevesu. Pinks — Robertson's Narcissa (?), Paisley Reformer, 

 Bow's Claudius, AVells's seedling, Davics's Britannia, Wooler's George 

 IV, Smith's Favorite, Robertson's Britannia, Hunter's Major Shaw. 



